Stathmopoda placida is a species of moth of the family Stathmopodidae. It is found in Myanmar.
| Stathmopoda placida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Stathmopodidae |
| Genus: | Stathmopoda |
| Species: | S. placida
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| Binomial name | |
| Stathmopoda placida Meyrick, 1908
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This species has a wingspan of 10–11 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, with a slight purplish tinge and two broad white fasciae, the first very broad dorsally, where it covers the basal third of the wing, much narrowed towards the costa at beyond one-fourth, the margins straight, enclosed the basal area of the costa ochreous-whitish irrorated with black. The second fascia is found at two-thirds. It is rather narrowed towards the costa, with the anterior edge straight, the posterior convex and oblique. The hindwings are grey.[1]
References edit
- ^ Meyrick, 1908. XXXIX. New Micro-Lepidoptera from India and Burma. - Rec. Ind. Mus. 2 : 396
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